According to US media reports, not long ago, in the face of collective complaints from students and parents about poor school lunches and insufficient food, New York City Mayor Eric Adams responded by saying, "(You) are just not used to healthy food."
American reporter compares student lunches between China and the United States
Faced with the rhetoric of the mayor of New York City, on the 23rd local time, American independent journalist Danny Haiphong directly posted a comparison between New York student lunches and Shanghai student lunches on his personal social media. picture.
According to observer website , in the picture posted by Danny, the lunch of New York students is a small orange, a small pile of cauliflower and a cut bread with a piece of meat sandwiched in the middle. Judging from the comparison of the size of the bread, The plate wasn't big, but a lunch didn't even cover the plate. It looked empty, like leftover food. The lunch for Shanghai students consists of one portion of fish-flavored shredded pork, one portion of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, one portion of stir-fried bean curds with vegetables, and one portion of rice. Whether it is vegetables or rice, the portions are very generous.
Whether in terms of quality or supply, the gap between the two is obvious.
After seeing the pictures of lunch in New York posted by Danny, many American netizens said they were not surprised:
The same is true for Chicago . My child refuses to eat them. "
My children are studying in Los Angeles. One day last week, their lunch was an apple and a pack of old lettuce."
"Well, this level is relatively common. The food in the United States is really comparable to anywhere else. "You can lose."
Some netizens believe that this is the problem of letting big companies manage schools. For companies, profits always come first, so they have to save costs:
Some netizens complained based on actual facts, now American taxpayers Money is exchanged for all kinds of war weapons, and students are not considered by the government at all:
After seeing the lunch of Shanghai students, many American netizens said bluntly: "I really want to eat it."
And after seeing this set of comparison pictures, Chinese netizens Then he looked arrogant and said, "Shanghai's lunch level is nothing, there are many places across the country that are better than this."
Not only in first-tier cities, the nutritional status of primary and secondary school students in poor areas of our country has also received great attention.
Yesterday, the National Health Commission held the eighth press conference in the "Everything for People's Health - Our Decade" series. At the press conference, Ding Gangqiang, director of the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that in order to improve the quality of life in poverty-stricken areas, Regarding the nutritional status of primary school students, my country has launched a nutrition improvement plan for rural compulsory education students in 2011 to provide nutritious meal subsidies for poor rural compulsory education students. From the initial subsidy of 3 yuan per person per study day, it has been increased to 5 yuan per person per study day.
Mayor of New York: You are just not used to healthy food
According to a previous report by the " New York Post ", on the 15th local time, many students complained to the Board of Education at the City Council that the school's food was too poor, and many students simply threw away their lunches. Lose.
Some students pointed out that "the waffles served were not fresh, and the chicken nuggets and fries were not even cooked." Some students pointed out that "cauliflower is like juice made from grass" and "it feels like if I put cheese in a sock and heat it up, it will taste exactly the same." Therefore, many students threw away their lunches.
On the 21st local time, New York Mayor Eric Adams specifically mentioned the aforementioned lunch pictures posted by netizens when responding to complaints from students and parents about lunches being too little and poor.
He argued that the people complaining loudly were just not used to "healthy" food, and the implication was that "we shouldn't give our children healthy food."
He also stated, “We must ignore the noise and focus on our business, and students will get used to the more nutritious lunch provided by the school."
Regarding the serious shrinkage of school food supply, "The New York Times" once pointed out that the labor shortage caused by the raging new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in the United States has endangered the supply chain including school cafeterias, and schools across the country are facing difficulties in all aspects. With labor shortages and food shortages, American students are facing a problem that has not been encountered in 30 years.
As early as the end of last year, most educators in the United States were skeptical about the prospects of school meals. The New York Times stated that many education workers were skeptical about the prospect of school meals. Workers expect that the situation will only continue to worsen in the coming months
(Comprehensive CCTV News , Observer Network, China Daily )
Editor: Zheng Chuqiao
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